Lu Ze had never expected Qin Feng to be so infatuated, but this Miss Ping was indeed pretty. Ignoring her eyes that were similar to his, it was obvious that she was also a peerless beauty.
It would be difficult for such a peerless beauty to have a good place to go when she is on the road fleeing from the disaster with only an aunt by her side.
After Lu Ze left Qin's residence, he went to Prince Qi's residence.
When they arrived at Prince Qi's mansion, Lingling had already woken up and was obediently learning to write at the desk. Lu Ze said, "You can rest for two days if you are sick. You don't need to practice calligraphy."
Lingling looked up at Lu Ze and said, "But Lingling wants to learn a thousand words as soon as possible so that she can have brothers and sisters sooner!
Mom promised Lingling that when Lingling knows a thousand words, she will have a brother or sister!"
Lu Ze chuckled. It would take a long time for Lingling to have brothers and sisters. It would take at least six years.
Lu Ze took a piece of rice paper and the paintbrush on the desk to sketch the portrait of Ah Ping that he had just seen on the rice paper.
Lu Ze was painting very attentively.
Qi Yuning walked over to Lu Ze and saw that he was drawing a young girl. She asked angrily, "Who is this?"
Lu Ze raised his eyes and said, "Qin Feng's sweetheart asked me to help him find her."
Qi Yuning took a closer look and said, "It seems that Lu Baozhu is right."
"Huh?" Lu Ze asked in confusion.
Qi Yuning said: "I still have to worry about you and Qin Feng. Why does Qin Feng's sweetheart look a bit like you?"
"The eyes are just slightly similar. If you cover the eyes, they won't look alike." Lu Ze chuckled. "Besides, this is a portrait. Maybe the real person doesn't look like me."
Lingling stood up and said, "Lingling wants to see the portrait too."
Qi Yuning smiled and said to Lu Ze: "Why don't you show Lingling the portrait? Maybe Lingling knows Aunt Qin?"
"Aunt Qin?" Lingling tilted her head and asked, "But Lingling didn't know there was an Aunt Qin."
Lu Ze asked, "Doesn't your uncle Qin Feng have an aunt at home?"
"No." Lingling said, "Uncle Qin Feng doesn't have an aunt at home. Lingling wants to see the portrait drawn by Daddy, ahem."
Qi Yuning saw Lingling coughing and said, "Go eat first, eat the loquat paste, and then look at the portrait. Why is your cough getting worse day by day?"
Lingling was coughing violently and sniffing her nose, so she didn't ask to see the portrait anymore.
Loquat paste is sweet, and Lingling likes it.
After dinner, Lingling forgot about the portrait.
Lu Ze walked to the desk and folded the portrait. He walked to the door and handed it to Deqing, saying, "Tell our people to pay attention to the girl in the painting."
Deqing took it and replied, "Yes."
It was getting dark. After Lingling got on the bed, she played games with Lu Ze for a while and then slept on the outside of the bed.
"Lingling will sleep on the outermost side today."
Qi Yuning was still washing up behind the screen, and after hearing Lingling's words, she said, "No, you will fall down."
"No, Lingling has to sleep on the outside anyway, so that if Daddy leaves, Lingling will know."
Qi Yuning let her hair down, walked up to Lingling and said, "Then Daddy can sleep at the back, and you can sleep in the middle."
Lingling waved her little finger, shook her head and said, "If mommy leaves like this, Lingling won't know about it, so Lingling has to sleep on the outside, ahem!"
Qi Yuning listened to Lingling coughing violently, but did not argue with her, for fear that her crying would make her voice even hoarser. She was already complaining about the sore throat.
Lingling pushed Qi Yuning to the innermost part and let Lu Ze lie in the middle. Lingling hugged Lu Ze's arm before closing her eyes, fearing that Lu Ze would leave again.
After Lingling fell asleep, Qi Yuning still didn't feel sleepy at all. Unlike last night when she was very sleepy, she didn't dare to move at all and just curled up in the bed.
Lu Ze's breathing was audible, and Qi Yuning was not sleepy at all, so she chatted with Lu Ze to dispel her nervousness and asked, "Whose family is the girl that Qin Feng likes?"
Lu Ze said: "She is just a girl from the mountains of Shancheng. She seems to have no father or mother, and only an aunt."
"Qin Feng is at least the youngest assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, and the young marquis of the Marquis Qin's mansion. If he falls in love with a mountain girl, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the Marquis Qin and his wife to pass the test."
Lu Ze said, "What's more important is that Miss A Ping is hard to find. After the great drought in Shancheng, Miss A Ping and her aunt fled to an unknown place. Dasheng has a vast territory, so how easy is it to find Miss A Ping?"
Qi Yuning asked: "You said that girl's name is Ping? Which Ping?"
Lu Ze said, "Qin Feng doesn't know which Ping she is or what her surname is. He only knows that she is from the mountains of Shancheng and has an aunt. They met during the drought in Shancheng three years ago. Later, Miss Ping fled Shancheng and disappeared."
Qi Yuning thought for a moment and said, "Then you should let Qin Feng give up on this idea."
"Why?" Lu Ze asked, "Do you know Miss Ping?"
"Well, it's really a coincidence. The Miss A Ping you mentioned is my brother's concubine. Tell Qin Feng to stop thinking about Miss A Ping."
Lu Ze had previously heard Qi Yuning mention that Qi Yu'an had a concubine, but he did not expect that it was the girl A Ping that Qin Feng was looking for.
Qi Yuning was originally puzzled as to why her brother would take a refugee girl as his concubine.
Today I finally understand that this Miss Aping is quite good-looking. Judging from her portrait alone, she can be considered a great beauty in Shengjing City.
Lu Ze said: "Qin Feng really has no choice but to give up."
After all, she is Prince Qi's concubine. Even if this Miss Aping has a hard life in Prince Qi's mansion, it is not something Qin Feng can covet.
As it was getting darker, Qi Yuning gradually began to feel sleepy and fell into a deep sleep.
At night, she dreamed of North City. She had not been to North City many times, and the last time she was there was once in winter four years ago.
Even at this time last year when his brother was celebrating his 20th birthday, Qi Yuning did not go to North City to celebrate.
Because the winter in the north city is so cold, the icy wind makes my face hurt.
In the dream, the North City was extremely desolate, and there was a tiger on the city wall. Qi Yuning frowned when he saw the tiger. How did a tiger come from the North City?
When the tiger saw Qi Yuning, it ran straight towards her. Qi Yuning was so scared that she ran away again and again, ignoring the biting cold wind. When the tiger was about to catch up with her, it pressed on her and rubbed her face affectionately like a kitten.
Qi Yuning happily touched the little tiger's head, and suddenly the tiger ran to a side courtyard in the Qi Palace in the north city.
When Qi Yuning woke up, she felt something warm in his arms. When she raised her eyes, she was indeed in Lu Ze's arms.
The first time is strange, the second time is familiar, she felt at ease just treating Lu Ze as a hot water bottle, not to mention that she had already accepted Lu Ze in her heart.
Seeing Qi Yuning wake up, Lu Ze rubbed his temple and asked, "Did you have a nightmare last night?"
Qi Yuning said: "I dreamed of a little tiger, who was very affectionate to me. I wonder if this is a pregnancy dream?"
Lu Ze coughed lightly and said, "You are still a virgin, you won't have a dream about pregnancy."
Qi Yuning said: "No, the dream I was talking about was about Lingling's cousin. Lingling's cousin should be born in the year of the tiger. In the dream, I saw a little tiger running into the side courtyard of Prince Qi's mansion. That side courtyard is exactly the courtyard where Miss Aping lives.
We have always been puzzled as to why the aunt is Her Highness. After all, His Majesty's granddaughter is still very young and it is impossible for her to give birth to Lingling's cousin within the next two years.
But it is also possible that the cousin Lingling was talking about was the son of the concubine Aping, and not the daughter of Princess Qi.
It is also possible that His Highness keeps her by his side. After all, Lingling is too young and doesn't know what a concubine and a principal wife are.
Doesn't that girl Ping look a bit like you? This also explains why Lingling's cousin looks like you."
Lu Ze said: "That is indeed a possibility."
Lu Ze glanced at the sky outside and said, "It's getting late. I should go to the morning court."
Qi Yuning held Lu Ze's hand and said, "Wake up Lingling before you leave. I don't want her to wake up and not see you, and then accuse me of lying to her."
After Lu Ze woke Lingling up, Lingling, who was still sleepy, stared at Lu Ze blankly.
Lu Ze said, "Dad has to go to the morning court, it's time to go out."
Lingling got up obediently, walked into Qi Yuning's arms and continued to sleep, and said with all her strength: "Daddy, come back early..."
Before she could finish her words, Lingling fell asleep again in Qi Yuning's arms.
Qi Yuning touched Lingling's little face and said, "By the way, Master Lu, the maids here don't know how to take care of people. If you want to wash up, go to the side yard next door and ask your servant to help you wash up."
Lu Ze didn't care. He was not used to being served by outsiders, and it was enough for him to have Deqing to serve him alone.
Qi Yuning didn't sleep much after Lu Ze left. He had accompanied Lingling out to play yesterday and had some accumulated accounts.
After Qi Yuning stood up, she heard Jingzhe come in and say, "Princess, the new kitchen lady Gui Niang is asking around to see if you gave birth in the palace three years ago."
(End of this chapter)
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